Vaginal syringe



(No Model.) 1 I A. P. HENRY.

VAGINAL SYRINGE.

. No. 602,751. Patented Apr. 19, 1898.

FFIQEQ ArnNr ABIJAH F. HENRY, OF ALAMO, INDIANA.

VAGINAL SYRINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'IPatent N0. 602,751, dated April 19, 1898.

Application filed December 10,1894. Serial No. 531,884. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Beit known that I, ABIJAHF. HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alamo, in the county of Montgomery and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Vaginal Syringe, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vaginal syringes; and it has for its object to provide a nozzle capable of occluding the ostium vagina and at the same time distending the parts without entering the vagina, whereby the entire surface of the walls of the latter will be exposed to the action of a cleansing fluid introduced by the nozzle; furthermore, to provide the nozzle with induction and eduction channels or passages so arranged as to adapt the device for use when the ostium vagina is very small, and, furthermore, to provide anozzle of heat-non-con ducting material whereby cleansing fluid at a high temperature may be used without inconvenience.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a syringe embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken longitudinally of the nozzle.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.

l designates a reservoir or supply vessel which is adapted to be arranged at an elevation to cause the contents thereof to feed by gravity, 2 an induction-pipe communicating at one end with said vessel and at the other end connected to a nozzle 8, and 4 represents a receptacle or waste vessel adapted to be arranged in a plane below the nozzle and to which extends an eduction-pipe 5, also connected to the nozzle.

The nozzle is of approximately acorn shape, the front end of which is spherically rounded to bear against the vulva and close the opening during the operation of the syringe to prevent the liquid from escaping. The nozzle is cored to form the forwardly-convergent induction and eduction channels 6 and '7, which are united adjacent to the front end of the nozzle to form a common passage 8. Fitted in the enlarged rearend of the induction and eduction channels are the tips 9 and 10, provided with controlling valves 11 and 12. These valves are provided with swinging bailshaped handles 13, which are adapted to be manipulated by the thumbs of the operator. To these tips are connected the above-described induction and eduction pipes.

WVhen the nozzle is pressed against the vulva the latter are separated and the opening distended by the rounded end of the device, and the common passage in the nozzle being small is fully exposed. The inductionvalve is then opened to flood the vagina, the entire surface of the walls of which is within reach of the liquid and the cavity is entirely filled. When this has been accomplished, the eduotion-valve is opened partly or wholly, as may be preferred, and the induction-valve is closed partly or allowed to remain wholly open, as desired, to cause a continuous cir culation of the liquid through the cavity, said liquid entering from the reservoir or supply vessel and escaping into the waste-receptacle.

It will be seen that the advantage of the apparatus resides in the fact that the nozzle does not pass into the vagina, and hence does not discharge the liquid against the surface of one part thereof at the expense of another part, but, on the other hand, acts equally effectively upon all parts of the surface, the organs adjacent to the vulva being meanwhile distended to complete the exposure of their surfaces. The induction and eduction channels being united before reaching the point of discharge operate at a common point, and hence adapt the device to be used when the ostium vagina is contracted in size, and in addition I preferably construct the nozzle of wood, which is a heat non-conductor approximately, whereby liquid at a high temperature may be used without inconvenience to the patient.

It is the object in this class of devices'to provide an outlet opening or passage of the smallest cross-sectional size, and by the construction above described I accomplish said object without complication and adapt it for universal use without adjustment. N 0 change of nozzle is necessary to suit different patients. It is adapted for all.

An important feature of the present invention resides in the fact that both the induction and eduction channels or passages 6 and 7 are of the same size or diameter, whereby a distention of the canal may be maintained when both passages are open to the circulation of the cleansing fluid. In this connection it is to be observed that in manipulating the syringe the valve for the eduction or outlet passage 7 is closed to permit the fluid entering through the inlet-passage 6 to fully distend the canal and stretch the mucous membrane, so that the fluid that is injected shall come in contact with every portion of the membrane and insure a thorough washing out of the canal. After the canal has been distended in this manner the valve for the outlet-passage 7 may be partially opened, if it is desired, to keep up the distention of the Walls of the canal and at the same time have a slow current of fluid passing through the same; but by fully opening the valve for the outlet-passage 7 a rapid circulation of the fluid will be provided for, while at the same time the distention of the canal will be maintained by reason of the fact that the passages 6 and 7 are of the same size or diameter.

Another feature of importance to be noted is the arrangement of the passages 6 and 7, so that the same will unite at a point in rear of the rounded front end of the nozzle to produce a common orifice 8 for both the inlet and outlet of fluid. This construction is necessary, as the rounded body 3 of the nozzle does not enter the canal, but is simply arranged at the mouth thereof, and the same can therefore be adapted to all sizes of pa tients, which is an advantage notpossessed by that class of nozzles or syringes which depend upon their size for the distention of the canal.

Having thus described my invention, I claim a A syringe-nozzle of the class described, consisting of a solid Wooden body having a rounded front end adapted to be arranged at the mouth of the canal, and having a pair of divergent induction and eduction passages meeting at a point in rear of the rounded front end of the nozzle-body and combining at such point to form a common orifice 8 for both the inlet and outlet of fluid, said induction and eduction passages being of the same size or diameter, whereby a distention of the canal may be maintained when both passages are open to the circulation of fluid.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ABIJAH F. HENRY.

Witnesses:

EDGAR TRUAX, THOMAS R. HAM. 

